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02-09-2006, 09:34 PM
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Should this be there?
Picked up my 06 CGP/Ebony 5AT Navi TSX on Monday...
What the crap? Is my brand new car supposed to be rusty?
What the crap? Is my brand new car supposed to be rusty?
02-09-2006, 09:48 PM
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Im not sure it should look like that..I've had my 06' for about 3 weeks and the disk have no rust at all. You should get that checked at your dealer
02-09-2006, 10:41 PM
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Its metal. 
The area that doesn't come in contact with the brake pad is gonna rust. You live in CT so you're probably driving through snow/rain. I don't think its abnormal.
The area that doesn't come in contact with the brake pad is gonna rust. You live in CT so you're probably driving through snow/rain. I don't think its abnormal.
02-09-2006, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Its metal. The area that doesn't come in contact with the brake pad is gonna rust. You live in CT so you're probably driving through snow/rain. I don't think its abnormal.
The area that doesn't come in contact with the brake pad is gonna rust. You live in CT so you're probably driving through snow/rain. I don't think its abnormal.
mine looked the same when I took delivery.
02-09-2006, 11:20 PM
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Dude, your rotors will ALWAYS rust when they get wet - they are bare metal. If you look at them after a light rain, they will often turn completely orange on the face, but once you get on the brake once, the pads will sweep it all away. Nothing to worry about.
02-10-2006, 02:15 AM
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Certain wheel cleaners will do that too. On my RSX, it turned my calipers a dark brown tarnished color and caused the brake pads to squeel. I think that while those cleaners do a great job removing brake dust, they tend to eat into the finish of the wheel and accelerate rusting of the rotor.
I had a chance to test this theory. Acura performed a good-faith replacement of the front pads and put pad lubricant onto the backing of the pads. They remained quiet until I used those cleaners again. It seems the cleaners tend to either dry out or dissolve the pad grease causing the brakes to start squeeling.
I had a chance to test this theory. Acura performed a good-faith replacement of the front pads and put pad lubricant onto the backing of the pads. They remained quiet until I used those cleaners again. It seems the cleaners tend to either dry out or dissolve the pad grease causing the brakes to start squeeling.
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02-10-2006, 02:24 PM
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YEah ..Forget what i said, i looked at my rotors after driving in the snow and they looked the same way, altough i checked my X5 too...and it didnt show any rust on the rotors as bad as the tsx
02-10-2006, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lilballa
YEah ..Forget what i said, i looked at my rotors after driving in the snow and they looked the same way, altough i checked my X5 too...and it didnt show any rust on the rotors as bad as the tsx
02-10-2006, 02:46 PM
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owned 4 acura since 1993, everyone of them had that, winter and rainy season especially, always fade away in spring or summer or hotter days, no worry, no big deal..
02-10-2006, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Benz_05_TSX
i got my 05 new and used it for more than a year, and still no rust...
bring it back to dealer..
bring it back to dealer..
I live in some of the dryest climate on earth and I still get rust. Though, iron tends to do that...
02-11-2006, 08:51 PM
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Huh, I guess chemical reactions like oxidation don't occur in Canada? Isnt that something...
I live in some of the dryest climate on earth and I still get rust. Though, iron tends to do that...
I live in some of the dryest climate on earth and I still get rust. Though, iron tends to do that...
but it rains almost everyday...i don't think there's enough time for it to dry to rust..
02-12-2006, 12:23 AM
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I've got an 05 from march of 05 and although there's always been a little rust on there, that seems a little excessive. But maybe some of the members here are right in that the black brake dust will cover everything up soon.
02-12-2006, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Huh, I guess chemical reactions like oxidation don't occur in Canada? Isnt that something...
I live in some of the dryest climate on earth and I still get rust. Though, iron tends to do that...
I live in some of the dryest climate on earth and I still get rust. Though, iron tends to do that...
But yeah, cast iron will rust if you just look at it.
